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- Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
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- SAISON POETRY LIBRARY AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
- St Paul's Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall
- The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
- The Hayward at Southbank Centre
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Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
GEORGE MONBIOT
Tuesday, 15 July
George Monbiot takes on the big themes in his latest book Bring on the Apocalypse. Both a celebrated journalist and eco-activist, Monbiot discusses the timely and provocative essays in his new book.
£9 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
REFUGEE ENCOUNTERS
Wednesday, 16 July
London-based authors from around the world explore how encounters between new and host communities influence their views of one another, and of the world around them.
£7 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Queen Elizabeth Hall
MARK E SMITH
Wednesday, 16 July
Mark E Smith joins his biographer Austin Collings to discuss his extraordinary life as front man of The Fall. His book Renegade is the first time he has opened up in a full biography.
£9 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Marshall Berman THE CITY RISES: CITIES & MODERNISM
Thursday, 17 July
Marshall Berman is the central writer about the urban experience and what it means to be modern – and he discusses the concept in this lecture.
£10 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Queen Elizabeth Hall
SIMON ARMITAGE & LAVINIA GREENLAW
Thursday, 17 July
Poets Simon Armitage and Lavinia Greenlaw reveal their rock star fantasies and musical inspirations through discussion of their latest books.
£9 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
HALIMA BASHIR & DAMIAN LEWIS
Friday, 18 July
Halima Bashir discusses her remarkable new book Tears of the Desert, the first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur.
£7 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
POLARBEAR
Friday, 18 July
Rising star of the spoken word scene, Polarbear premieres his first full-length new show If I Cover My Nose You Can’t See Me. It fuses live artwork and visuals in a unique event that takes over The Front Room after the show.
£9 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
POLARBEAR
Saturday, 19 July
Rising star of the spoken word scene, Polarbear premieres his first full-length new show If I Cover My Nose You Can’t See Me. It fuses live artwork and visuals in a unique event that takes over The Front Room after the show.
£9 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
KAPKA KASSABOVA
Saturday, 19 July
In her life and writing, Kapka Kassabova has travelled widely across Europe. In this event she talks about her memoir Street Without a Name in which she returns to her native Bulgaria.
£7 (Concessions: 50% off, limited availability)
The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
BARZ & STANZAS
Saturday, 19 July
One sensational night where poetry meets grime. Barz & Stanzas is a unique lyrical and poetic tapestry.
Admission Free
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